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Since its founding in July, 1986, the Institute for International Sport has brought hundreds of well respected speakers to the URI campus. This distinguished group includes the following individuals:
Val Ackerman, President, WNBA
Lorne Adrain, Author and Founder of www.kindmark.com
Don Allen, Chairman of the Sports Council for Northern Ireland
David Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times columnist
Patrice Arrington, Professional volleyball player
Rick Asselta, Educator and Volunteer with Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots program
Ghassem Asrar, EOS Observing Manager, Mission to Planet Earth, NASA
George Ayittey, Professor of Economics at American University
Ken Bacon, Executive Director of Refugees International
Kevin Bales, Executive Director of Free the Slaves
Zoe Baird, U.S. Attorney General nominee
Upala Devi Banerjee, Coordinator of Child Development Fund and the Governance Support Fund of Canadian International Development Aid in India
Sir Roger Bannister, renowned physician and first sub-four minute miler
Pam Batalis, General Manager, New England Blizzard
Senator Birch Bayh, U.S. Senator from Indiana 1963-1981, Title IX co-author
The Beach Boys
The Belfast United Men's Basketball Team
The Belfast United Women's Basketball Team
Michael Beard, President of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Normand Beaureguard, Nationally recognized stage combatant
Ed Beckly, Intranet Specialist with Verizon
Dan Beebe, Commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference
Michael Behnke, Vice President of the University of Chicago
Joan Benoit-Samuelson, Olympic Gold Medal marathon runner
Dr. Linda Bensel-Meyers, professor of English at the University of Denver and chair of the Drake Group Initiative to reform college athletics
Rodger Bingham, Survivor Contestant
Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer Prize winning author
Jack Blane, Chairman of the USA National PolioPlus Committee
Manute Bol, Social Activist and Former NBA Basketball Player
Rick Boyages, Head Men's Basketball Coach at William & Mary
Senator Bill Bradley, 2000 Presidential Candidate
Myles Brand, President of the NCAA
Charlotte Brandon, mother of NBA player Terrell Brandon
Christine Brennan, sports columnist, USA Today
Mary Brennan, Director of Marketing at the Rhode Island Air Corps
Hydeia Broadbent, 16-year old living with AIDS
Denise Brown, Sister of Nicole Brown Simpson
Matt Brown, Rhode Island Secretary of State
Michael Brown, nationally recognized slam poet and professor at Mount Ida College
Larry Brown, Tufts Center for Hunger
Martha Burk, President of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy
Brian Burke, President and General Manager, Vancouver Canucks NHL
Doris Burke, ESPN analyst
Dr. Darrell Burnett, acclaimed sports psychologist
The Burundi Men's National Basketball Team
Dr. Robert Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Jim Calhoun, Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Connecticut
Donald Carcieri, Rhode Island Govenor
Scott Carlson, Former Tri-Athlete currently battling ALS
Pete Carrill, Former Princeton University Men's Basketball Coach
Andrew Carroll, Executive Director of the American Poetry and Literacy Project
Carolyn Castro, Professional Dancer
Major General Reginald Centracchio, Adjutant General of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Homeland Security Advisor
Chi Cheng, Generally acknowledged as the greatest Asian woman athlete of the 20th century
Yung Kang Chow, Harvard Medical Student credited with significant AIDS discovery
Bill Clinton, Former President of United States
The Coasters
Suzanne Coffey, Director of Athletics at Bates College
Greta Cohen, Sports sociologist and Professor at the University of Rhode Island
Taylor Cole, From the reality show, Laguna Beach
Dr. Robert Coles, Harvard Child Psychologist and Author
Bud Collins, Tennis Legend
Kathy Collins, World-champion professional boxer
Abdul Conteh, Major League Soccer Player with DC United
The Conundrums
Bob Cousy, NBA Hall of Fame Member
Trudy Coxe, Secretary of Massachusetts office of Environmental Affairs
Kate Coyne-McCoy, Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers
Steve Culbertson, CEO of Youth Service America
Terry Cummings, former NBA All-Star
Bill Curry, Chief Operating Officer of the Consortium for Academic and Sports
Suzi D'Annoiffo, Sports Pyschologist
Tim Daly, Famed Actor
Frank DeFord, Award-winning author
Anita DeFrantz, U.S. Representative and Vice President of the International Olympic Committee
Xue Di, Chinese Dissident and Internationally Acclaimed Poet
Dr. Djibril Diallo, UN Office of Sport for Development & Peace
Dr. John DiBiaggio, President Emeritus, Tufts University
Tony DiCicco, Former Coach of US Olympic Women’s Soccer Team
Peter DiGuilio, Creator of the "Why Say No" Program
Goodluck Diigbo, National President of the National Youth Council for the Ogoni People, Nigeria, Africa
George Dohrmann, Pulitzer Prize-winning sports writer, Sports Illustrated
Vince Dooley, Athletic Director at the University of Georgia
Andy Doyle, aspiring young author
Matt Doyle, JD/MBA student at Northwestern
The Drifters
Charles "Lefty" Driesell, Famed Basketball Coach
Peter Drotman, Director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Ken Dryden, NHL Hall of Fame Member
Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Cara Dunne-Yeats, Harvard Graduate and Para-Olympian
Sylvia Earle, Distinguished oceanographer and Director of the Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc.
Len Elmore, Attorney, television commentator, former NBA basketball player
Roy Emerson, Famed member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
John Ericson, Founder of the Drake Group to reform Intercollegiate Athletics
Alan Farago, Activist and Film producer
Tom Farrey, Sports Reporter for ESPN.com
Alan Shawn Feinstein, Founder and Executive Director of the Feinstein Foundation
Karen Feldman, Youth In Action
Claire Ferguson, President of the U.S. Figure Skating Association
Elisabeth Filarski, Survivor Contestant
Dr. Joel Fish, Acclaimed Sports Psychologist
Mike Fish, Sports writer for CNNSI.com
Aretha Franklin
Dave Gavitt, Founder of the Big East basketball conference
John Gearan, Award winning sports columnist, Worcester Telegram
Mark Gearan, Director of the Peace Corps
Joe Gergan, Award winning sports columnist, Newsday
Robert Giegangack, Director, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Gilday, Magician
Paul Michael Glaser, Actor and Social Activist
Will Glendinning, Chief Executive Community Relations Council for Northern Ireland
Kathleen Gorman, Director of URI's Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America
Russ Gough, Ethicist and Professor at Pepperdine University
Ted Grand, Department of Zoological Research, National Zoo
Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, former track & field athlete
Bud Greenspan, Emmy Award-winning producer
John Gregorek, Three time Olympian and assistant track and field coach at Brown University
Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City
Linda Hackett, Director of Athletics, Bryant College
Nigel Hamilton, Permanent Secretary for the Department of Education of Northern Ireland
Sam Hamilton, Former NFL player and successful businessman
Fae Hardaway, Mother of NBA player Penny Hardaway
Sheila Joan Harvey, Relationships Expert
Alan Hassenfeld, CEO of Hasbro, Inc
Jack Healey, Executive Director of the Human Rights Action Center
Ruben Acosta Hernandez
Ted Hershey, Professional Dancer
Calvin Hill, Yale Graduate and NFL Hall of Fame member
Jemely Hill, Sports Writer for the Detroit Free Press
Russell Hirschler, Director of Education, Save the Bay
Bill Hiss, Vice President for External and Alumni Affairs at Bates College
Lynn Hoffman, Director of Youth Programs (pre-K through 12) at Manchester Community College
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Gold and Silver medallist in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, former president of Women's Sports Foundation and is she is currently a professor at the Florida Coastal School of Law.
Terry Holland, former basketball coach at the University of Virginia & former Athletic Director at Davidson College and the University of Virginia
Ann Hood, Nationally Acclaimed Author
Randy Horton, Minister of Sport, Bermuda
Marcus Houston, football player at the University of Colorado
Johnette Howard, Sports Columnist for New York Newsday
Sharon Hrynkow, Science Policy Analyst, National Institutes of Health
Pat Huntington, Artist
Bill Hybl, President of the United States Olympic Committee
Irish Men's National Basketball Team
Irish Women's National Basketball Team
Marc Isenberg, Author
Jawana Jackson, Daughter of Civil Rights Leader Sullivan Jackson
Reza Jalali, Kurdish refugee and Human Rights Award winner
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Christine Johnson, Mother of NBA Hall of Fame member Magic Johnson
Elaine Johnson, National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Larry Johnson, President of Brotherhood Against Drugs
Melissa Johnson, Executive Director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness
Rob Johnson, Assistant Track & Field Coach at Brown University
Brian Jones, Professional Dancer
Van Jones, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Michael Josephson, Acclaimed Ethicist and Founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and Character Counts
Alberta Juantorena, Olympic double-Gold medal winner from Cuba
Kip Keino, Kenyan Olympic Gold medallist in the 1500-meter
John Kelleher, "Johnny the K Show"
Jack Kelly, Former President of the Goodwill Games and current President of Event Partners, Inc
Kathy Kelly, Three time Noble Peace Prize nominee and founder of Voices in the Wilderness
Paul Kelly, Rhode Island State Senator Majority Leader
Armen Keteyian, Correspondent for HBO Sports and CBS Sports
Sergei Khruschev, Son of Nikita Khruschev, former premier of the Soviet Leader
Rushworth Kidder, Acclaimed Ethicist and Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics
Galway Kinnell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
W.P. Kinsella, Author of the book Shoeless Joe which inspired the film Field of Dreams
Gwen Knapp, Sports Columnist for the San Francisco Examiner
Johann Olav Koss, Gold medal skater for Norway
Pete Kostmayer, President of Zero Population Growth
Joanne Kraus, Assistant Director of Admissions at Boston University
Mike Krzyzewski, Head Men's Basketball Coach at Duke University
Bernard LaFayette, Director of the Center for Non-Violence and Peace Studies at URI
Jon Land, Best selling author of The Fires of Midnight
Jon Landy, Former Olympic medallist and present Governor in Australia
Dr. Richard Lapchick, Acclaimed Founder and Director of the Center for Sport and Society
Dr. Kathleen Laquale, Head Athletic Therapist at Rhode Island College
Roberto Lenton, Director of the Sustainable Energy and Environmental Division of the
United Nations Development Programme
Neil Leifer, World renowned sports photojournalist
Bob Leuci, Crime and Mystery Writer
David Lewis, Director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University
Robert Lewis, Jr., Executive Director of the National Conference on Community Justice
Bob Ley, Host of ESPN's Outside the Lines
Aaron Lieberman, Executive Director Jumpstart
Bill Lindsey, Environmental Affairs Manager at Veryfine Products
Robert Lipsyte, Award-winning columnist for the New York Times
Dr. Donna Lopiano, Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation
Monte Lorell, Sports Editor for USA Today
Frank Lostumbo, President National Council for International Health
Patrick Lynch, Rhode Island Attorney General
Bill MacMillan, Nationally Acclaimed Performance Poet
Sou MacMillan, Nationally Acclaimed Performance Poet
Dave Mahedy, Athletic Director at the University of Limerick
Faye Mandell, Sports Psychologist
Max Manning, Legendary Negro League Player
Susan Manning, Director and Founder of Positive Teens Magazine
Louis A. Marciano, Former District Governor, Rotary District 7950
John Marks, Executive Director of a Search for Common Ground
Phil Martelli, Head Men's Basketball Coach, St. Joseph University
Melanie Martin, President of Silent Witness Program
Sandra Mayo, Artistic Director at the All Children's Theater
Jeanne Mc Carty, Executive Director of Roots and Shoots for the Jane Goodall Institute
Colman McCarthy, Non-violence Activist, President and Founder of the Center for Teaching Peace, Washington, DC
John Mc Cullough, Expert on International Environmental Development
Ryan McDonald, Executive Director and Founder of Kidsbridge
Dana McGuire, Drummer with Rhythm Kitchen
Nuala McKeever, Comedian
Hugo McNeil, Organizer of Rugby Peace International
Dave Meggyesy, Western Director of the NFL Player's Association, Former NFL Star and Social Activist
Pat Meiser-McKnett, Director of Athletic at Hartford University
Tommy Mendez, Nationally Acclaimed Performance Poet
John Merrill, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at URI
Lynne Meterparel, General Manager San Jose Clash
Bode Miller, US Olympic Skier
George Mitchell, Former US Senator (D-Maine)
Wylie Mitchell, Dean of Admissions at Bates College
Dr. Jim Mirrione, American Playwright
Cherreka Montgomery, Director of Global Outreach at the Feminist Majority Foundation
Cey Mooney, Nonviolent war resister with Voices in the Wilderness
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Sports Activist and widow of the late Arthur Ashe
Calvin Murphy, NBA Hall of Fame Member
Mimi Murray, Springfield College Professor
John Naber, Gold medal Olympian Swimmer
Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and presidential candidate
Jyothi Nagraj, Executive Director of City Year Rhode Island
Bill Neely, Expert on International Conflict
Ingrid Newkirk, President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Ngoma, Nationally Acclaimed Performance Poet
A.N. Ngongi, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme
Tom Nichols, Chairman, Dept. Of Policy and Strategy at the Newport Naval War College
Normandie Nigh, Executive Director of A World Fit for Kids
Claes Nobel, World-renowned environmentalist
Gerard Nolan, International Banker at the Bank of London
Carolyn Norris, Head Field Hockey Coach at Brown University
Joe Nye, Dean, The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Jacinta O'Brien, Professor of the University of Limerick
John O'Connor, President of Greenworks, Inc.
Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Physician and renowned Ghana athlete
Ann O'Neil, Director of South County Tourism
Bill O’Reilly, Author and Fox News talk show host
Jeffrey Orleans, Executive Director of the Ivy League and a Pioneer of Title IX
Billy Packer, CBS analyst
Sandy Padwe, former dean, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and former associate editor of Sports Illustrated
Justice Alan Page, former NFL all-Pro, Associate Justice for the Minnesota Supreme Court
John Papanek, editor-in-chief, ESPN, the Magazine
Joe Paterno, Head Football Coach at Penn State
Neil Pilson, former CBS sports president
Bill Plaschke, sports columnist, Los Angeles Times
Dick Pound, Vice President, International Olympic Committee
Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America
The Push Stars
Dr. Kenneth Ravizza, acclaimed sports psychologist
John Rawlings, Senior Vice President, Editorial Director of The Sporting News
Horst Rechelbacher, President of Aveda Corporation
Victoria Redel, Author and winner of the Tom and Stan Wicks Poetry Prize
Jack Reed, US Senator (D-RI)
Ketty Rey, New York City Department of Mental Health and Alcoholism
Bill Reynolds, Providence Journal sportswriter and acclaimed author
Charles Riemenschneider, Director of North American Liaison Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Trevor Ringland, Organizer of Rugby Peace International
William H. Rizzini, Rotary District Governor 7950
Rob the Drummer, Anti-substance Abuse Advocate
Cliff Robertson, Academy Award winning actor
Paul Robeson, Jr., son of the legendary actor, social activist and athlete, Paul Robeson, Sr.
Dr. Rosalia Rodriquez-Garcia, Director of the George Washington Center for International Health
Carey Rogers, International Programs Director for the National Wildlife Foundation
Arie Rosenzweig, Executive Director of the Middle East/Mediterranean Scholar-Athlete Games
Dr. Robert Rotella, Acclaimed Sports Psychologist
John Rowland, Former Governor (R-CT)
Royal Ulster Constabulatory, Community Affairs Branch
Joan Benoit Samuelson, Gold Medalist for the women's marathon
Tom "Satch" Sanders, former Boston Celtics Star
Judy Saxton, Director of Athletics, Windsor High School
Dick Schaap, ABC sports and ESPN
Rebekah Scheinfeld, JD/MBA student at Northwestern
Angela Schneider, 1984 Olympic medallist in rowing
Dick Schultz, Former Executive Director of the NCAA and former director of the U.S. Olympic Committee
Christine Schutt, Author of Nightwork
Martin Schwartz, President of the Student Athletes Information Link
Haley Scott, 1995 Honda Starlight Award winner and standout swimmer at Notre Dame University
Eli Segal, CEO and President of Welfare to Work
Ty Sells, Youth Development Coordinator
Danny Seo, President of Danny Seo's Media Ventures
Leonard Shapiro, Washington Post Columnist
Dr. Mohammad Sharif, Professor of Economics at URI
Henry Shelton, Executive Director of the George Wiley Center
Judy Shepard, Founder of Matthew Shepard Foundation
Ron Shipp, Former LAPD officer involved in the O.J. Simpson case
Bill Shore, Founder and Executive Director of Share our Strength
Tom Skala, Chairman of Fleet Bank Rhode Island
Don Skwar, sports editor, The Boston Globe
Patricia Smith, Nationally Acclaimed Performance Poet
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, Novelist and Author of From the Center of the Earth
Sinjin Smith, Professional Beach Volleyball Player
Vivian Smith, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Peter Snell, Olympic Gold Medalist in 5,000 meters
South African Men's Basketball Team
Paul Souza, Head Coach of the Wheaton College Men's and Women's Track & Field Teams
Murray Spurber, Professor of English at Indiana University and Member of the Drake Group to Reform Intercollegiate Athletics
Judge Kenneth Starr
Pam Steager, Media Literacy Consultant
Ellen Stechel, Manager of Chemical and Environmental Engineering for Ford Motor Company
Sonja Steptoe, National Correspondent, CNNSI
Elizabeth Strout, Author
Rose Styron, Acclaimed Poet and Human Rights Activist
Josh Taylor, Professional Cyclist
Talan Torriero, From the reality show, Laguna Beach
The Temptations
Michael Thomson, Ph.D. at Ohio State University
Jim Thomson, Founder and Director of the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University
Sue Ellen Thomson, Winner of the Morse Prize for Poetry and Acclaimed Author, Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, Renowned novelist
Chris Trapper, Award winning singer and songwriter
Stephen Tshwete, Former Minister of Sport, South Africa
Mark Tuohey, Attorney
Loung Ung, National Spokesperson for Campaign for a Landmine Free World
Emily Untermeyer, Executive Director of Amigos de las Americas
Up With People, Internationally known entertainment group
Arlene Violet, Former Attorney General of RI and WHJJ talk show
Gary Wadler, Expert and Author on Performance Enhancing Drugs
Dr. LeRoy Walker, Former USOC President and Olympic Track & Field Coach for Team USA
John Walsh, Senior Vice President and Executive Director, ESPN
Gary Walters, Athletic Director Princeton University
Dionne Warwick
Shirley Watkins, Former Undersecretary for the United States Department of Agriculture
Adam Werbach, President of the Sierra Club
Jerry White, Executive Director of the Landmine Survivors Network
L. Rupert White, Partners of the Americas
Kelly Whiteside, Sports writer, USA Today
Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995
Elie Wiesel, Author and Nobel Prize winner
Althea Williams, Mother of Jason Williams, Duke University
Chuck Wilson, ESPN radio
Amy Wishingrad, National Promotions Manager of Penn Raquet Sports
James Brave Wolf, Author and Screenwriter
Alexander Wolff, Senior Staff Writer, Sports Illustrated
Rick Wolff, Nationally acclaimed sports parenting expert Chair of Center for Sports Parenting
Kara Wolters, Former All-American basketball player at the University of Connecticut, WNBA Sacramento Monarchs
Gregory Woodhead, Administrator AFL-CIO in Washington, DC
Elizabeth Young-Bruehl, International Author and Biographer
Ellen Zavian, NFL Players Association
Individuals who have spoken at Institute programs outside of URI:
Marvin Barnes, Providence College hoops star, ABA all-star
Bonnie Blair, Gold-medal winning speed-skating champion
Aaron Brooks, New Orleans Saints quarterback
Herman Edwards, Head Coach of the New York Jets
Brad Faxon, PGA Golfer
Elvis Grbac, former NFL quarterback
Grant Hill, NBA all-star
Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel
David Robinson, NBA all-star
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